Example sentences of "[verb] he tried [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of 1978 , when he realized the danger that Khomeini was inflicting on the Shah from France , Marenches say he tried to have him expelled from the country . |
| 2 | But not entirely — outside on Madison Avenue is a huge lifesize model of a red fire engine , the work of Charles Ray , who says he tried to make an object that would embody a fundamental sense of ambition , in the form of a child 's toy . |
| 3 | As they made their way along the Jamaica Road to the tram stop he tried to reassure her but Carrie 's mind was racing . |
| 4 | Remember he tried to stab his wife |
| 5 | ‘ I remember he tried to tell us clouds came from the Steam Packet Hotel , in the town . |
| 6 | Jim was elected to Portsmouth city council in nineteen seventy six as a member for where I understand he tried to play football occasionally until nineteen eighty six . |
| 7 | Accountant Ralph Sharp , who heads G W Run-Off , has told Gooda Walker names he tried to achieve a market settlement through Lloyd 's , but could not reach agreement . |
| 8 | He was one of the earliest arrivals at Augusta , playing his first practice round on Saturday , which was a direct contradiction of a statement he made to the Augusta Chronical when he said he tried to treat the Masters like ‘ any other tournament ’ . |
| 9 | Dr Rossdale said he tried to wean her off the sleeping tablets . |
| 10 | Ben Turner , 18 , admitted knocking him down but said he tried to stop the others from piling in . |
| 11 | Pillion passenger Mark Arrol said he tried to get his brother to stop . |
| 12 | And he said , he said he tried to phone you up and I said oh do n't worry . |
| 13 | One of the friends , Manuel Cabrera , said he tried to grab Jamie but the intense heat drove him out . |
| 14 | His ex-wife Margaret claims he tried to kill her at the family home in Brockhampton . |